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by quartz 9mo ago
This specific use case is awesome-- I use an integrated AI notetaker in my self-built notes app for my thoughts and I wonder if I could connect the index to it? More broadly: Invisible wearable microphones are coming for everyone and perfec
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by quartz 11mo ago
Agree with a lot of this methodology-- having lived in NYC with kids the #1 contributing factor to a feeling of claustrophobia for me is the size of the sidewalk and its buffering from the road. Compared to even the suburbs where 1-2 people
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by quartz 1y ago
Since the astronauts were up there planting flags... I'd think it's less about the vessel in space and more about making it clear that the land visited isn't considered claimed as part of the US.
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by quartz 2y ago
I use watermelonDB for offline-first sync. It’s pretty wonderful.
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by quartz 2y ago
I wrote a notes app in react native just for myself a few years ago (out of frustration after changing notes apps every year or so) that does /exactly/ what I want and it has been the most used app on my phone for a few years now.
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by quartz 2y ago
This is the web2 internet I remember and love. People sharing their lives. I watched a blurry video of a family at the zoo, a father tickling his toddler (who is having an absolute blast), a middle school play rehearsal, some guy's hig
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by quartz 3y ago
Seems like it. Pretty messy too because it sometimes pushes you to reset your password which then doesn't work so there are going to be a LOT of reset email codes floating out there.
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by quartz 3y ago
He clarifies that he had prior written agreement to work on shareware and this software specifically. You can do this at most established big tech still today (possibly tougher at startups). And hey it worked out great for Microsoft— they g
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by quartz 3y ago
The incident count for very early onset Crohns is rapidly increasing [1]-- I wonder if they'll start to make these drugs available for younger children since today it's more or less forbidden for them to be used on kids under 16.
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by quartz 3y ago
> "Air Canada argues it cannot be held liable for information provided by one of its agents, servants, or representatives—including a chatbot," Rivers wrote. "It does not explain why it believes that is the case" or &
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by quartz 3y ago
Oh how that Soundblaster midi vibe takes me back.
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by quartz 3y ago
Not sure if it's still the case but it used to be that if you changed your address to California you could cancel online since IIRC it's a law there. I have this memory of having to do that to get rid of the wsj after I made the f
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by quartz 3y ago
I recently had my credit card stolen which is a great forcing function to audit subscriptions because you have to dig them all up to update the associated payment methods. After combing through my credit card bills to identify all the recur
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by quartz 3y ago
Yeah I don't think they were doing it to save money. I think they just loved planes and also kind of hated driving & traffic, which from a place like Gilroy to the south bay tech campuses back then would have been absolutely brutal
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by quartz 3y ago
I knew an eng manager who lived in a flight focused community (each house had parking for an airplane!) like this one [1] way outside of town. They'd fly in each morning for their commute. I always thought that sounded like it would pr
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by quartz 3y ago
Isn't it the standard for basically the entire consulting industry? No consulting firm I've ever heard of is flying their people around (or feeding them) on their own dime when they're assigned to a project.
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by quartz 3y ago
Hardware is tough. Medical hardware doubly (triply?) so. Also realtime audio processing in a power and space limited, heavily patented and proprietary industry isn't for the faint of heart. That said with the recent changes allowing OT
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by quartz 3y ago
> Manually file your 83(b). Don't use Carta to do it. Instead, download the form from the IRS website, fill it out, and mail it to the IRS within the strict 30-day deadline. You'll need to get a signature from your spouse, too.
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by quartz 3y ago
Very much appreciate your writing on the topic-- it gave me the practical context I was missing while trying to spin up with automerge and CRDTs in general. I ended up using y.js in my personal react native notes app and it works wonderfull
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by quartz 3y ago
If you're just getting started with CRDTs I'd also recommend Seph's "5000x faster CRDTs" post[1] and also his "I was wrong. CRDTs are the future" post[2] for some nice captures of the practical challenges
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by quartz 3y ago
Re: drag having such a large impact-- the aero wheels alone account for a 3% range improvement [1]. Everything about a tesla optimizes range, so it's probably extra-impacted by anything that doesn't (like a big trailer). I also wo
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by quartz 3y ago
Merely an arcade game... for now: https://www.betson.com/amusement-products/lane-master/
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by quartz 3y ago
> and rides a 1952 Raleigh bicycle My wife has a 1950's Raleigh women's bike we bought ages ago for $50 and it is hands down the most comfortable bike we own. I own 4 other bikes (a cruiser, an e-cruiser, and two racing bikes)
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by quartz 3y ago
I grew up in Chapel Hill and yes UNC Chapel Hill refers to itself as "Carolina" (in sports [1], research [2], and name [3]). It's less commonly recognized outside the state... I live in NYC now and often have to catch myself
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by quartz 3y ago
My son gets horrible blisters from mosquito bites (skeeter syndrome). Bought him a bug bite thing out of desperation on our last trip south and was blown away to see how well it worked to keep the swelling down.
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by quartz 3y ago
The new UX does a really bad job of helping you realize when you're logged out and search results are being suppressed. It very much implies "zero results" when in fact it means to say "zero results, except in code, wher
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by quartz 3y ago
So many good scenes. Personal favorite, grappling with the role of journalism: "What are you?! Are you a businessman or are you a newsman ?" Such a powerful question. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe2vBnfKCC4
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by quartz 3y ago
Definitely would use this. Instructional video instead of step-by-step text is a personal pet peeve. I know it's a lot easier to just record a video to show something like "how to replace the battery on a cordless vacuum" or
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by quartz 3y ago
Agreed-- this is an absolutely ridiculous looking vehicle and I hope they sell millions of them.
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by quartz 3y ago
It lives under my sink where I have a bunch of piping to filters that feed the drinking faucet, fridge, and dishwasher. I live in a co-op building from 1929 so it's really the only point of failure in the unit that would be my liabilit

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